Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Bloomberg | Getty Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Wednesday announced the launch of Sunshine, a consumer apps startup that is debuting with an address book app that relies on artificial intelligence. Sunshine is Mayer’s first venture and return to the spotlight since stepping down from her role
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not have the party’s whip restored, his successor Sir Keir Starmer has announced. It means that Mr Corbyn will not officially be a Labour MP. In a statement on Wednesday, Sir Keir said: “I’m the leader of the Labour Party, but I’m also the leader of the Parliamentary Labour
Regulators have cleared Boeing’s 737 MAX to fly again, 20 months after the fleet was grounded globally following two fatal crashes. The decision was announced by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just months after a highly critical congressional report accused the watchdog itself of contributing to a “horrific culmination” of failures before the accidents.
The state of South Australia is beginning a six-day lockdown in response to a cluster of 22 coronavirus cases. Schools, universities, bars and cafes have been ordered to close since midnight local time on Wednesday (1pm Tuesday UK time). Only one person from each household is allowed to leave home each day and and only
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has now proved 95% effective in preventing coronavirus and has met the safety criteria needed for emergency authorisation, the firms have said. Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit the COVID-19 vaccine to the US regulator for emergency use approval “within days” after “no serious safety concerns” were reported. The UK
The Roundabout Theatre Company says it will resume production in Fall 2021 with two much anticipated shows – the COVID-delayed Jeanine Tesori/Tony Kushner musical Caroline, Or Change and Alice Childress’ Trouble In Mind. The planned musical revival of 1776 will now begin performances in Spring 2022. The nonprofit theater company does not have a date
The weather is getting chilly in the Northern hemisphere, which means it’s time to layer up your apparel. Whether you’re going to layer over your book tank tops or your favorite reading T-shirts, you’ll find yourself rich in options when it comes to book sweatshirts and book hoodies. Buy one for yourself, buy one for
For what it’s worth, while the audience may not be able to pick up the specific speed of the ball as its flying through the air, that extra 30 or 40mph certainly has an impact on the actors’ reaction to being hit, and it results in some fantastic physical comedy (Justin Long’s sacrifice of his
NASA’s inspector general and the US justice department have launched investigations into allegations that Boeing may have benefited from internal information provided by the space agency during a contract bidding process, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The affair led to the abrupt resignation of Doug Loverro, then the head of NASA’s human exploration directorate, in
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs speaks to reporters at CISA’s Election Day Operation Center on Super Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 3, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter that he has “terminated” top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs. In a pair of tweets, Trump
Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be reinstated to the party, Sky News understands. The Islington MP was suspended three weeks ago for his response to an investigation into Labour’s handling of antisemitism complaints. A bombshell report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found Labour had been responsible for “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination”.
Companies recommended by MPs, peers and advisers were given priority to win government contracts as it scrambled to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, the public spending watchdog has found. A National Audit Office (NAO) investigation into pandemic procurement concludes that normal standards of transparency were waived as departments awarded 8,600 contracts worth £18bn to tackle
US President Donald Trump will cut his country’s military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon has announced. Acting defence secretary Christopher Miller said the number of US soldiers in Afghanistan will fall from 4,500 to 2,500 by the time Mr Trump leaves office early next year. The number of troops in Iraq will be
Donald Trump has sacked the head of a government agency that he set up to ensure the reliability of voting, over his insistence that the election was fair and secure. The president publicly fired Christopher Krebs, former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Twitter. Mr Trump tweeted: “The recent statement by
Conan O’Brien is making a big change in his career. After 28 years as a late night television host including a ten-year, critically-acclaimed run on TBS, Conan O’Brien is leaving the world of late-night TV behind. But the star is extending his relationship with WarnerMedia with a brand new, weekly variety series on HBO Max.
Twenty-twenty has had more than its share of twists and turns. Between the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the wave of racial unrest, the world has been rocked to its core, and every industry hit pause to reevaluate its core values—the fashion industry included. De Beers Group is setting out to reset their